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- Almqvist, Anna-Lena, et al.
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Papporna och motiven : Den svenska föräldraledigheten i ett geografiskt perspektiv
- 2010
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Syftet var att undersöka attityder, beteendemönster och erfarenheter hos föräldrapar i två län, när det gäller uttag av föräldrapenning. I de ingående länen har Västerbotten det högsta och Skåne det lägsta uttaget av föräldrapenning bland fäder. Två kommuner med högt och lågt föräldrapenninguttag bland fäder studerades i respektive län, Umeå och Lycksele samt Lund och Tomelilla. Metodologin var inspirerad av grounded theory. Data omfattade 32 intervjuer med fäder och mödrar, 20 intervjuer med nyckelpersoner inom Försäkringskassan, mödravården, kommunen och företag samt statistik över kommunernas befolknings- och näringslivsstruktur. Intervjuerna genomfördes under 2008. Resultaten visar ett tydligare mönster av mer traditionell arbetsdelning av hushållssysslorna bland Skåne- jämfört med Västerbottensparen. Samma mönster gäller även vid jämförelse mellan kommunerna med lågt respektive högt uttag. En mer positiv attityd till föräldraförsäkringen finns i kommunerna med högt föräldrapenninguttag bland fäder jämfört med de med lågt uttag. En förklaring kan vara att förändringar tenderar att uppträda först i heterogena miljöer med en relativt ung och välutbildad befolkning där olika normsystem konkurrerar med varandra, vilket gäller Umeå och Lund. I Västerbotten har Försäkringskassan, landstinget och företag haft kampanjer för män under 1990-talet vilket sannolikt har bidragit positivt till fäders uttag. Fäder i de bägge länen uttrycker positiva upplevelser av att ha varit föräldralediga. Ett dominerande intryck är att arbetsgivarna har en tillåtande attityd till fäders önskan om att vara föräldralediga.
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- Almqvist, Anna-Lena, et al.
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Parental leave in Sweden : Motives, perceptions and gender equality among parents
- 2010
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper investigated Swedish parents’ motives for, experiences of and gender equality in relation to paid parental leave. The purpose was to explore similarities and differences in attitudes and experiences between parents in the two regions in Sweden with the largest difference in paid parental leave use among fathers. Data were drawn from interviews completed in 2008 with 16 heterosexual couples with a child born 2005 or 2006. The semi-structured interviews were analyzed according to grounded theory. In terms of experiences of the leave, a positive similarity in the study was that the couples described that they got to know the child better. Some negative similarities were that they felt they were alone and restricted. Primarily, the fathers in the northern part, focused on the lack of male networks. A traditional division of labor was a stronger pattern among couples in the southern region compared with the couples in the northern region. Tendencies are indicated towards an increased child-orientation, which could be connected with a change in hegemonic masculinity. In conclusion, the differences discovered between the four communities may to a great extent be depending on a cultural lag. This implied that change in values tend to take place first in social environments with multiple heterogeneous actors.
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- Catucci, Ester, 1973-
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Undervisningsuppdraget i förskolan ur ett didaktiskt perspektiv
- 2021
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The overall aim of this thesis is to increase knowledge of how the teaching mission can be understood and realised in preschool as an educational practice. The main research questions are: 1. How can teaching be realised in preschool daily practice? 2. How is preschool teachers’ specific responsibility for teaching expressed during collegial meetings? 3. In what way does preschool teachers’ didactical leadership emerge during collegial meetings? The thesis is based on four articles. Each one of the articles answers specific research questions. The data for study 1 and 2 were gathered through observations, video filming and field notes. Three preschool teachers and 12 children participated in substudies 1 and 2. The observations focused on preschool teachers’ actions and how these influenced children’s meaning making. Substudy 1 focused on preschool teachers’ teaching in relation to three different activities. It shows different didactical consequences that teaching leads to in relation to children’s meaning making. Substudy 2 explored how preschool teachers’ habits influenced and limited teaching in relation to preschool curriculum goals. The analysed activities were outdoor activities, with a specific focus on sand play. The theoretical perspective used for the data analysis in substudies 1 and 2 was John Dewey’s pragmatism. The data in substudies 3 and 4 were gathered through non-participant observation and audio recording of seventeen collegial meetings. Five qualified preschool teachers, one unqualified preschool teacher and one preservice preschool teacher participated in substudies 3 and 4. Some of the collegial meetings were led by the principal and a pedagogical mentor. The focus for substudy 3 was on the challenges expressed by the preschool teachers in relation to their own teaching responsibility. Substudy 4 explored what didactical questions the preschool teachers discussed during the collegial meetings and how these could be related to preschool teachers’ didactical leadership. Basil Bernstein’s theory of pedagogic practice was used to analyse the results of substudies 3 and 4. The results of the four substudies show how preschool teachers’ actions create both possibilities and constraints for children’s meaning making. The opportunities for meaning making were limited when children’s actions were only confirmed or when the purpose of an activity was unclear for the participating children. On the other hand, when preschool teachers’ actions expanded ongoing activities by introducing new elements, children’s opportunities for meaning making increased. Furthermore, the results show how preschool teachers’ specific responsibility for teaching is toned down by the preschool teachers themselves. Instead, a shared pedagogical responsibility in the team is considered most important. Nevertheless, preschool teachers express challenges in relation to a shared pedagogical responsibility, especially when a common understanding for the pedagogical practice is missing in the team as a whole. Furthermore, they express a lack of full legitimacy to lead other colleagues. A conclusion that can be drawn from the study’s result is that preschool is embedded in what Bernstein describes as an invisible pedagogy. As a result of this, it may be challenging for preschool teachers to establish didactical leadership and subsequently take on their own specific responsibility for teaching.
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- Del Gaiso, Tove
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Förskollärare i en digital praktik : Rhizomatiska sammanflätningar, dilemman och händelser
- 2023
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Denna studie undersöker vad som händer när förskollärare använder digitala teknologier i förskolan. Praktiknära forskningsmetoder har använts för att undersöka digitala teknologiers rhizomatiska sammanflätningar i två svenska förskolor. Studien pågick under åtta månader med deltagande förskollärare. Forskning om digital teknologi i förskolan har till stor del fokuserat på vad digital teknologi kan användas till för att främja barns lärande inom specifika ämnesområden. Denna studie undersöker hur förskolepraktiken påverkas av användningen av digitala teknologier. Studien belyser de dilemman, konflikter och frågor som uppkommer när digital teknologi används i förskolans praktik. Studien utgår från ett teoretiskt antagande om att materialiteter medskapar de händelser som uppstår i undervisning med digitala teknologier och undersöker även hur detta sker i den aktuella studien.Studien använder ett sociomateriellt perspektiv för att utforska materialitet i aktiviteter med digital teknologi. Studiens data har konstruerats tillsammans med förskollärare i dialogiska samtal som utgår från deras observationer och filmade aktiviteter med barn mellan två och fem år. I de dialogiska samtalen har gemensamma analyser gjorts och förskollärarna har sedan planerat för nya aktiviteter som de genomfört och observerat på förskolorna. Data har analyserats med metoden att gå med data vilket innebar att analysen skedde med en rörelse genom datan utan en bestämd riktning. Analysen av dialogiska samtal riktades mot de olika materialiteter som kunde ses som medskapande i förskolans digitala praktik. Särskilt fokus låg på att studera förändringar, brytpunkter, svårigheter, oväntade och oplanerade händelser som uppstod. Gilles Deleuze och Félix Guattaris begrepp rhizom och kartografi används för att analysera data. I resultaten synliggjordes fyra dilemman som uppstod i den digitala förskolepraktiken. I) Digitala teknologier som möjlighet och risk. II) Relationen mellan vårdnadshavare och förskollärarnas uppdrag. III) Barns tidigare relationer till digitala teknologier. IV) Inre konflikt hos förskollärarna gällande deras professionella och privata åsikter. Resultaten visar även att de sammanflätningar som sker av materialiteter som förskollärare, digital teknologi, barn och förståelser av digitala teknologier skapar oväntade händelser i barns undersökande och lek med digital teknologi. Resultaten tyder på att ett sociomateriellt perspektiv och kartografering kan vara användbart för forskare och förskollärare för att utforska hur flertal materialiteter blir sammanflätade med förskolans praktik och digital teknologi.
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- Ehrström, Monica, 1970-
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Uppmärksamhet för bedömning : att följa varje barns lärprocesser för en likvärdig utbildning i förskolan
- 2023
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The purpose of this study was to contribute with knowledge about the tension between preschool teachers' mission to teach and support children's learning on the one hand and the mission to assess children's learning processes on the other hand, in relation to equality in education. In Swedish preschools, children with different experiences meet, all of whom should have the opportunity to develop and learn based on their varied circumstances and needs. According to the Education Act (SFS, 2010:800), preschool education must be equal, and all children must have the opportunity to learn and develop as far as possible based on their potential. However, previous research (Alasuutari, Vallberg Roth & Markström, 2014) indicates that assessment involves risks for children’s identity creation. This study examines how seven preschool teachers tackle the challenge of assessing and paying attention to individual children in their ongoing learning processes. A sociocultural perspective (Vygotskij, 1978) has been used to study preschool teachers' reasoning about assessment in relation to each child's possibilities for being supported in their proximal development zone. The sociocultural perspective stresses the importance of cultural tools for communication. Stimulated-recall interviews were conducted with seven preschool teachers in Sweden. Content analysis was used to reveal the views that emerged in preschool teachers’ descriptions.In the preschool teachers' reasoning, different strategies for assessment and methods for making the child's learning processes visible as well as approaches for following the progression in children's learning processes have emerged, which can create both opportunities and limitations for children to learn based on their potential. Findings indicate three areas significant for assessment in relation to an equivalent education in this study. Firstly, there is clarity regarding the approach to assessment, what is to be given attention and assessed and how the assessment should be carried out. Secondly, the preschool teachers in the study have knowledge about various methods to make children's learning processes visible and thus possible to follow over time. Thirdly, the preschool teachers in the study know how to draw attention to and make visible the child's learning from a holistic perspective. The Licentiate thesis highlights different strategies for assessment, methods for making the child's learning processes visible and approaches for following the progression in children's learning processes that emerged during the preschool teachers' reasoning. The study has shown that attentiveness (Elbaz, 1992) can be used as a concept to bridge the tension surrounding assessment.
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- Johansson, Inge, 1952-, et al.
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Lärande och delaktighet i förskolan
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Ingår i: Kritiska händelser för lärande i förskolan. - Lund : Studentlitteratur. - 9789144071978 ; , s. 93-
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Jonsson, Kristina, 1970-
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Socialt lärande - arbetet i fritidshemmet
- 2018
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this thesis is to contribute with knowledge about the leisure time centre staff’s perspectives on their work, specifically focusing on pupils’ social learning. The interest is directed at the Swedish leisure time centre for the public school’s early years. Two research questions were used to reach the aim. The first question concerns the knowledge and abilities by staff considered important in pupils’ social learning. The second question concerns the staff’s work with promoting these knowledge and abilities. With a standpoint in the staff’s descriptions, focus was to highlight what they consider as important work, as well as how and why the activities are directed the way they are. The study has been conducted as an interview study, with leisure time centre staff participating in group interviews. The theoretical point of departure is Bronfenbrenners bioecological systems theory. Through that the leisure time centre activities can be understood as the interaction of different factors, influencing and controlling the staff’s decisions concerning, both direct and distant.This licentiate thesis consists of two publications. The first publication, the anthology chapter Social learning in the leisure time centre: staff perspectives (Jonsson, 2017), answers the question of what knowledge and abilities staff consider important in social learning. The second publication, Promoting social learning in the Swedish leisure time centre (Jonsson & Lillvist, re-submitted) answers the question of how social learning is promoted and why the activities are directed the way they are.The results show consistent descriptions of what is considered important in pupils’ social learning. The pupils’ common and individual security is, by the staff, considered to be the basis of social learning and with that in focus, empathy, communication and responsibility are outpointed as important factors. Responsibility is particularly emphasised and the staff stress the pupils’ ability to take responsibility of their words and actions, which in turn is said to be facilitated by the pupils’ empathic ability. The various factors can thus be regarded as interacting in pupils’ social learning.Collaborative activities are stressed as beneficial and the staff see their own indicative role as important. In this the daily dialogue with the pupils is emphasised. However, the structural conditions appear to be partly obstructive. Further appearing is the staff’s perspective of social learning as a topic not needed to be talked about, based on the belief that the everyday practice is grounded on shared values.The implications of the study are that social learning needs to be discussed, both in the immediate working group with the support of the principal, as well as at municipal and national level.
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- Jonsson, Kristina, 1970-
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Socialt lärande i fritidshemmet : En intervjustudie med fritidshemspersonal och fritidshemsrektorer
- 2021
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate social learning in the Swedish school-age educare (SAEC), based on the descriptions of the SAEC staff and SAEC principals. The results are based on two sub-studies. Sub-study 1 was conducted with SAEC staff, with a total of 21 persons divided into four groups. This sub-study sought answers to what knowledge and abilities the SAEC staff consider to be important for pupils in their work with social learning in the SAEC, and what appears to be significant in the work to promote pupils’ social learning. In the second sub-study, the focus is on the principals’ descriptions. Initially, seven principals in the SAEC for the early years were interviewed individually. Thereafter, six of them participated in a series of group interviews. This sub-study aimed to answer the questions of what characterises social learning in the SAEC in the principals’ descriptions, and what vision for social learning in the SAEC, is expressed by the principals.The data were analysed abductively, using Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological system theory. The analysis highlights the factors that impact the work in the SAEC and how they interact. The theory thereby contributes to an understanding of what affects the work of social learning in the SAEC. This enables a didactic understanding of the SAEC’s activities, and how social learning for pupils is enabled in the SAEC, based on what is expressed by the SAEC staff and the principals. The results show that both the SAEC staff and the SAEC principals have a pupil-centred view of social learning. However, their views differ somewhat, since the SAEC staff mainly describe social learning from the point of view of daily SAEC activities, while the principals have a wider perspective. They describe the work of social learning as a part of a societal assignment. The SAEC activities are influenced by both close and distant factors concerning leading, planning for, and conducting the activities. Some of them have didactic consequences, which can affect how social learning is facilitated for the pupils. Furthermore, visions for social learning are shown in terms of the SAEC and the compulsory school as being one unit, with a teaching culture as the basis of the work. This shows that social learning should be considered as an area for education, which points out the importance of consciously reflected activities in the SAEC. Collegial discussions can be important for this, not just for the SAEC staff, but also for the principals leading the SAEC.
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